MPM – Chicken Schnitzel Recipe

Chicken Schnitzels are a favourite with all our children. It is also a great meal to make and have the kids involved in the preparation of the food – there is all the dipping, pressing and crumbing that kids can have fun with.

Chicken Schnitzel and Steamed Vegetables Recipe.

Ingredients:

• 750 grams chicken breast
• 4 cups breadcrumbs
• 6 large eggs
• 3 large carrots
• 2 cups peas
• 8 large potatoes
• 4 corn
• 200ml vegetable oil

Instructions:

1. Prepare vegetables. Shuck corn. Cube potatoes. Slice carrots.
2. Slice chicken breasts in half (width ways). My children prefer thinner schnitzels.
3. Cut chicken into schnitzel size pieces that you would like – the chicken does flatten and will increase in size when cooked.
4. Place water in steamer and bring to the boil (I have a large double steamer that fits all the veggies in).
5. Lightly beat eggs in a bowl and pour a generous amount of bread crumbs into a shallow dish.
6. Piece by piece, dip the chicken into the egg mixture, draining off excess.
7. Place piece into breadcrumbs and ensure that the entire piece of breasts is covered with breadcrumbs.
8. To make a thicker outer crust, I repeat this process twice for each piece.
9. Once all pieces have been completed, place in fridge for approx 15 minutes. I find that this helps the breadcrumbs stay attached to the chicken!
10. Place corn and potatoes onto steamer.
11. Add oil to a large pan so the base is covered by a couple of millimetres and heat to a moderate temperature.
12. When oil is hot, add chicken to the pan and press down with an egg lifter.
13. Cook for a 4-5 minutes, so that crumbs turn golden then turn over. Press down and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
14. Once cooked, remove from pan and drain on some absorbent paper.
15. Repeat this until all chicken is cooked.
16. 10 minutes before the food is ready to be served add carrots and peas to the second level of the steamer.
17. Serve chicken with steamed vegetables and any gravy or sauces that you like.

Our Family Menu Plan for this week.

Baking: Chocolate Balls

Monday: Mexibake

Tuesday: Meal from the freezer from our wonderful baby bundle.

Wednesday: Porcupine Meatballs

Thursday: Family Meat Pie

Friday: Tuna Rice

Saturday: Chicken Schnitzel and Steamed Vegetables

Sunday: Chicken and Creamed Vegetable Soup

If you like the look of this family menu plan, then you use this Family Shopping List created by The Planning With Kids Free Menu Planner or you can select your meals yourself and print our your own shopping list from the Free Menu Planner.

If you would like to have one of your recipes added to the menu planner database, just leave a link or actual recipe in the comments section on my regular Menu Plan Monday Post. I will add it to the database and then email to let you know it has been included.

For more menu planning ideas head on over to Laura’s place at “I’m an Organizing Junkie“.

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